Hi
Thanks to you all for your thoughts on my questions regarding the
Braille
display.
I can definitely see the advantages of having a Braille display in
terms of
editing and, I do find that, when I read something in Braille, I tend
to
remember it a lot better than when I just hear it with Jaws.
The main thing that is putting me off now is the price of the Braille
displays so, fingers crossed I win the lotto *smile*.
Joan Ann.
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[mailto:vicsireland-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mairead O
Mahony
Sent: 21 November 2011 21:35
To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Braille displays
Hi Joan Ann,
I got a loan of a braille display for a while in college and while I
can see the huge advantage of not having to carry braille documents
around with me and being able to access any document on the computer
with it I found it slowed down my reading. I use to turn off Jaws but
still found I got distracted with what I was reading as you can only
read very little material on each line of the braille display and I
found that when I had to move to the next line I couldn't comprehend
the document as much as if I was reading a physical sheet of braille.
I would love to have one of these machines but don't feel I could
justify the use for it as I can read through braille sheets much
faster than using a braille display. I think getting one of these
machines depends on what option people prefer to go for.
Regards
Mairead
On 11/21/11, Flor Lynch <florlync@xxxxxx> wrote:
Joan Ann,
I would agree with what Tim and john have said. I would add that I
use
both speech and braille. if i want to read over something I find
particularly interesting (or curious, even), or for the detail, I may
read it in Braille without speech. When you read an item in Braille
you
certainly get a more immediate 'grasp' of what and how the person
wrote,
punctuation and spelling.)
If presentation and style are very important, then having Braille to
monitor the work will be a plus. Much also depends on your braile
reading speed, which will be a little or a lot slower on your braille
display (depending on its ease of use and how well you've mastered
navigating with it). As with most things, you will find you get
faster
with practice. It is good to have alternatives: so if you can get
braille, then go for it. many displays also have extra keys with
which
(thanks to the screen-reader drivers) you can navigate and tab around
lists, tree views and dialogues - with or without speech.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joan Ann Brosnan" <kerrygirl18@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "vicsireland" <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 2:07 PM
Subject: [vicsireland] Braille displays
Hi all
I am just wondering how many of you on the list who read Braille use
a
Braille display in work and, if so, do you think that it makes it
easier than listening to speech output all the time?
Is it possible to navigate the screen using just the Braille display
and is it as efficient as using speech?
Thanks for any help.
Joan Ann.
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